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Patented October 1 1, 1963.

JOHN J. SHEA, OF BEVERLY, MASSAUHUSE'ITS.

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SPEGIFIOATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 773,258, dated October 11, 1904.

Application fi led September 29, 1903' Serial No. 175,021. (No modelJ To a, whom it may concern.-

lie-it known that I, Jenn J. Sum, of Reverly, county of Essex, and Commonwealth of il lassachusetts, (whose post-office address is Beverly, aforesaid.) have invented certain Improvements inFiber Vessels, of which the .zfollew'mg, read in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification. X My invention relates to an improvement in vessels, and more particularly to those vessels composedoi material which is primarily flexible at least, such material being placed over a suitable form and given requisite shape, the vessels so constructed being, suitable for drinking vessels and for various other uses.

To these ends my invention consists in the provision of a flexible material which is fold ed and pressed about a suitable form incom hination with means either integral with the flexible material or separate therefrom for retaining the material in the shape to which it is made to conform.

M y invention further consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts, such as will be fullydescrioed hereinafter, and, particularly pointed out in the claims.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank, showing in dotted lines the positions taken by the folds. Fig. is a view in side elevation of a completed sol, portions being broken away to show the formation of'the upper edge. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a slight addition applied to the vessel shown in Fig. 2.

in carrying out my invention i provide a blank A, which, as shown in plan view, is provided with an approximately octagonal periphery; but this is not necessarily so, since a greater or lesser numhcrof folds may he made in the blank when forming the vessel. llonrrv the blank may have a hexagonal, decagonal. or other shaped periphery, as found most desirable. The material of which this blank is composed may he leather. rubber, cloth, paper, or other suitnhl vllcxihlr material, preferably the parallinml paper of ordinary commercial use. and these blanks may he cut to a suitable size. The blank is then placed upon a form of the size and contour of the desired vessel and is drawn, bent, or tolded along the dotted lines 1 2 (shown in Fig. 1) and pressed or molded closely over the form, the lat ral surplus of material being formed in Fifisifiaiid 3,) which plai ts extend upwardlyv fgom the bottomof the vessel to the top edge t ereof.

sha'pe and constitutes the central portion of the blank, the bottom, being preferably folded along its major axis, as shown at 3, "to retain the bottom in a bulged or convexed position or to permit it to be folded inwardly ing upward on the side at either end, creases of the circular wall with the bottom.

lhe edges of the plaits we lie parallel with each other and extend upward at a gentle incline, which would decrease with an increased number of plaits, and vice versa; At those portions where the plaits occur the material is of triple thickness, the plaits gradually increasing in width from a point at the lower end. Thus the inner folds of the plaits are approximately parallel as well as the outer folds, the plaits materially strengtheningthe vessel and causing it to retain its shape.

When the material has beeh properly folded and pressed about the form, the edge of the vessel is further strengthened and the plaits a It held in place by folding. the edge over, preferably inwardly, as shown at 5 in Fig. 2, or a separate strip e may be folded over to embrace the edge of the vessel, as shown in Fig. 3, which strip aids in retaining the edge in circular position. If greater strength is desired, the strip a maybe composed of sheet metal, which may have a handle F formed integrally therewith, as shown in Fig. 3. Ohviously the handle F may be omitted, if desired, and the strip 1: adapted to receive a bailhandle or other suitable carrying or support ing device, according to the use for which the particular vessel is designed. In Fig. 3 it will be noted that the free end of the handle is bent upwardly underneath the folded strip where it is held.

It will be understood that the blank when or taken hp in the series of plaits a a, (shown.

The bottom 6 of the vessel is of elliptical within the circular wall, the bottom extend- 4 4 being formed at the point of connection Patent, is-- not composed of some Weterproof materiel may be coated with pereflin or other Waterproofing compound either before or after it is molded, or such coating may be omitted altogether, if desired, the pereflin rendering the vessel both weterproofand antiseptic and istics are important.' I i: It is obviousthet changes otherthenthose should be employed Wherever such character-"l hereinhefore noted might he made in the form r and arrangement of the several parts described WithOutQdeper-ting from the spirit end scope of this invention; and hence limit myself to the exact cenfstri'lctionflherein set forth; but,

' Having'fully described my intention, what I claim esnew.

and desire to secure by Letters 1. A receptacle comprising a, plain elliptical flexible concave-convex bottom, ecrease t'endin clon the maior axis of the elli )tica-l b i b v I and means for bottom, a pleited side or-wtili extendinget a-pproximeteiyrght angles from the bottom I do not Wish to Witnesses:

eining the receptacle in as.

sembled 'positionQthe bottorn adapted-to project below or he received ithin the :eceptecle as desired.

' 2. A-receptecle comprising a, plelited Well H andan elliptical flexible bottom, creases at the point of connection of the bogtom and i'nclosed by'th'e Well as desired, and: means cess elcomprising e hottono, a 'olai ted bracing the upper edge of the plaited Well, e'nde handle formed into; with the folded bend, the free end of the l'LLlZlCllQ adapted to be received between the Welis of the folded handJ Signed by me at Lynn this 10th day of September, 1903 "Joann J. SHEA.

Terms, 7 Ash/i. TDTTLE -Well,'e crease formed across the bottom to per- 'mit it to protrude beneath or into the space 

